CONNECTING WITH GENERATION EYE

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ABOUT ME
Teaching since 1981 Teacher of Senior Ancient History and English CONTACT DETAILS simonm@aquinas.qld.edu.au Twitter @connectedtchr
* This presentation will be available to read later or download from my blog The Connected Teacher http://theconnectedteacher.edublogs.org

Learning Technologies Coordinator at Aquinas, Gold Coast

Official Haiku Deck Guru

Compulsive Tweeter, History Tragic and Tour Leader with an unhealthy attachment to my iPad

VISUAL LITERACY
Our students now live in an increasingly visual world Classroom technology allows access to a huge range of visuals

Visual literacy can deepen a students understanding of related texts

Image Credit: http://www.slideshare.net/3192002/visual-literacy4876684

The Visual Literacy Array

*Observation *Context *Understanding *Meaning *Related Texts

*Aesthetics *Effectiveness *Manipulation *Accuracy *Reliability

Visual Literacy Array based on ACRLs (American College and Research Libraries) Visual Literacy Standards by D. Hattwig, K. Bussert, and A. Medaille

THE IDEAL CLASSROOM

You can read about our 2013 tour at http://www.ozteacher.com.au/classroom/ancient-time-travellers/17074

COLLABORATE and CREATE with

The GeekWire App of the Year 2013

Show, dont tell, is the most fundamental maxim

CONNECT and CONTEXTUALISE with

Find 65+ Ways to Use ThingLink in your class at http://t.co/SDHUFyrr51

The Web is still wild

When you scroll over each icon, embedded content is revealed. It can be text, images, videos, music, other audio. ThingLink is a great presentation tool for students.

Nero and his mother Agrippina the Younger, Aphrodisias Museum, Turkey

You can also use ThingLink to create in class activities or even an online examination.

CURATE and COMMUNICATE with

When we curate content we make the web a better place in which to learn.
Haiku Decks and ThingLinks can be easily added to Pinboards.

YouTube videos can be embedded in Pinboards never search for them again.

The ability to create Group Boards makes it possible for students to collaborate. A great creation tool for group work.

Pinterest also allows you to create Secret Boards which can be accessed only by email invitation. This is perfect for curating material just for a specific class and not the public as a whole.

You can Follow my boards at http://pinterest.com/simonm26/boards

Is EDUCLIPPER the next big thing?

Why Not Try

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EXPLORE AUGMENTED REALITY with AURASMA and TELLAGAMI

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If you are on Twitter, why not become involved in the fortnightly HistEd ChaT. The next chat is scheduled for Wednesday, July 3.

Use the hashtag #histedchat to contribute and join our resource sharing Edmodo site.

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